Pacific Waves for 16 November 2022

There is a growing push in Papua New Guinea to have wire katapel - catapults used to fire barbed spears - declared illegal; International Seabed Authority meeting wraps up in Jamaica; At COP27 Patricia Scotland warns that the cost of inaction is simply too high for developed nations to continue to plead ignorance; We unpack the complex issue of American Samoa's unique political status and its conditions.